CarrieK | December 31, 2009
I always find it interesting to break my reading down by genres – it gives me a good big picture view of what my year of reading was like.
2009 could be summed up as “Outlander series” + “Stephanie Plum” series + YA fiction. Personally, it was a hard year for a lot of different [...]
CarrieK | December 30, 2009
Title: City of Ashes
Author: Cassandra Clare
Genre: YA urban fantasy
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the public library.
First line: The formidable glass-and-steel structure rose from its position on Front Street like a glittering needle threading the sky.
City of Ashes is the second book in Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series. This review [...]
CarrieK | December 29, 2009
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Then the night sky seemed to crack open like a glass and pouring through the shards came a horde of dark shapes, humped and twisted, gnarled and faceless, howling out a silent scream that seared the inside of his mind. Icy wind burned him as six-legged horses hurled past, their [...]
CarrieK | December 28, 2009
As part of my Christmas present, Michelle renewed my subscription to Bookmarks Magazine, which I love. I’ve already received the first issue of the new year, and have added the following titles to my to-read list:
Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich: Irene America keeps two diaries – one she knows her husband is secretly reading, and [...]
CarrieK | December 28, 2009
Monday’s Movie is a weekly meme hosted by Sheri at A Novel Menagerie. Click over to check out all the great reviews, and add your own.
The creator of Office Space, writer-director Mike Judge, moves from cubicles to the assembly line with Extract – his outrageous return to workplace comedy, featuring a hilarious ensemble cast of [...]
CarrieK | December 27, 2009
Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Author: Patrick Ness
Genre: YA science fiction
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy that was a gift from Vasilly
First line: The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don’t got nothing much to say.
The Knife of Never Letting Go is [...]
CarrieK | December 24, 2009
Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot star fallen to my arms.
(Rest…You who have had so far to come.)
Now nearness satisfies the body of God sweetly.
Quiet He lies whose vigor hurled a universe.
He sleeps whose eyelids have not closed before.
His breath (so slight it seems no breath at all) [...]
CarrieK | December 24, 2009
I know I’ve been flooding you with new posts while we’ve been on Christmas break from homeschooling, but I promise you’ll get a bit of a break (other than my favorite Christmas poem I scheduled for this evening) for the next couple of days. We’re heading south to my parents’ house this afternoon (only 1/2 [...]